alexander Posted July 10, 2009 Report Posted July 10, 2009 I've had an unfortunate adventure with this, so to anyone who needs to open up eps files in gimp in windows, here is how to get Gimp to see GhostScript First of all if you need to open an EPS file, you need to first install GhostScript Download latest version from: Browse Ghostscript Files on SourceForge.net Install it Rememember the installation directory (by default C:Program Filesgs) Go there, enter the current version folder (ex: gs8.54) Go into the bin folder Then copy the path You can now attempt to set the environment variable for Gimp to see GhostScriptStart > Run Type in cmd, press enter And use the set command to set GS_PROG to the path to gswin32c.exe fileex: set GS_PROG=C:Program Filesgsgs8.54bingswin32c.exe Add the bin folder to you pathex: set path=%path%;C:Program Filesgsgs8.54bin Try to open the eps file If your variables are correct and the darn thing is still not opening the file, screaming at GS This is not recommended but it works: Go to the bin folder and copy gswin32c.exe and gswin32.exe Go to the gimp installation folder, under bin paste in the 2 executables Go and open the file again, errors you get after this should no longer reference ghostscript... Lastly, send an email back to the people that sent you that eps, and express how inconsiderate of them it was to send you the file in that format... Quote
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